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Internet freedom in The Gambia: legislative framework, trends and future prospects
In this report, AFEX highlights the challenges to internet freedom in The Gambia and makes recommendations on how the situation can be improved.
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Gambia
GPU calls on Gambian Government to Renew its Commitment to Press Freedom
Fajara, Gambia, November 2, 2022: Today, we mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes committed against Journalists.
The Gambia Press Union join calls...
Gambia Freedom of Expression Violations
Gambia: GPU Condemns Arbitrary Arrest of Journalist Yusef Taylor
Fajara, 7 July, 2022 – The Gambia Press Union (GPU) has received official reports that on the 5th of July 2022, Yusef Taylor, a...
Gambia
GPU Calls for Gender Equality in Gambian Media
PRESS STATEMENT: Fajara, March 8, 2022 - The Gambia Press Union (GPU) joins the world to mark this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD 2022)...
Gambia Access To Information
Gambia’s Journey to Access to Information Legislation, and the uncertain road ahead
On July 1, 2021, the National Assembly of The Gambia passed into law the Access of Information Bill. The change of government in 2016...
Gambia Free Expression and The Law
Freedom of expression in The Gambia: a quiet transition from the doldrums of notoriety to the doorsteps of celebrity
As the Gambia goes to the polls on December 4, 2021, the MFWA’s Senior Programme Officer for Freedom of Expression, Muheeb Saeed, throws light...
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Press Freedom Situation in Africa- April- June 2021
Journalists killed, respectively in DRC, Somalia and Nigeria, Burkina Faso, including a social media activist in Ghana during the period of April-June 2021. This...
Gambia Access To Information
Gambia Press Union Welcomes the Passing of Access to Information Bill 2021
The Gambia Press Union and the Civil Society Coalition on Access to Information welcome the passing of the Access to Information Bill 2021 by...
Gambia Access To Information
Media Rights Agenda, Goodluck Jonathan Foundation Commend Gambia’s National Assembly for Passing Access to Information Bill into Law
Friday, July 2, 2021: The Goodluck Jonathan Foundation (GJF) and Media Rights Agenda (MRA) have commended The Gambia’s National Assembly for passing the country’s...
Gambia Freedom of Expression Violations
The Gambia: GPU Condemns Physical Assault of Journalist by State House Photographer
The Gambia Press Union (GPU) condemns in the strongest terms the physical assault on a reporter for the online platform, Kerr Fatou, by President...
Gambia Access To Information
GPU Begins Nationwide Sensitization on Access to Information, Media Self-regulation
The Gambia Press Union, with support from the British Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, is implementing a project aimed at strengthening ongoing efforts...
Gambia Access To Information
Towards an ATI Law in The Gambia: The Journey So Far
Access to Information is one of the pillars of a strong democratic government. The legal right to request information from government can lead to...